Conskis 34 Gal Solana Build
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Well, if it makes you feel better, I've ended up spending over $400 on busted equipment within the last two weeks. First, my LiterMeter croaks, then one of my out of warranty IceCap ballasts dies, then the AC adapter on the brand new LiterMeter dies, then I notice my auto top off (also a mini version of litermeter) stops accurately measuring the water level and dumps FW into the tank (lol?). After that, one of the T5 lamps blows out, shutting off one entire ballast, which was followed shortly by one of the (fortunately cheap) screw in CFL 'fuge lights. I feel your pain, brother.
650 dollars of brand new equpiment broken lmao. it sucks doesnt it amph?! why do they make these things 500bil;lion dollars if it breaks when you go near it.
okay so vortech is sending me a new power supply becuase that's the problem they are shipping me one by tomorrow (i just called today) i dont have to return anything, amazing thats so clutch
im finally shipping out my reefkeeper to get fixed today as well.
i just have to worry about my light now which isnt the biggest deal, but ive only turned it on three or four times LOL.
within the week im breaking the tank down anyways to finally once and for all kill the dino
okay so vortech is sending me a new power supply becuase that's the problem they are shipping me one by tomorrow (i just called today) i dont have to return anything, amazing thats so clutch
im finally shipping out my reefkeeper to get fixed today as well.
i just have to worry about my light now which isnt the biggest deal, but ive only turned it on three or four times LOL.
within the week im breaking the tank down anyways to finally once and for all kill the dino
i have 300 dollars saved..
theres two things i can do.
1) Sell my live rock to someone who knows it probably carries dino for a cheaper cost. tank the tank down clean everything, buy new sand and replace the live rock and live stock (i assume the snails will carry it on them or something and the clown)
2. Call a professional aquatics company that services all my LFS and have them take a look at the tank.
option one would be more expensive, but the dino would be gone for sure.
option 2 is a little sketchy, but i would be able to keep my rock that i like, and not have to change anything
what should i do? i feel like i have enough for both
theres two things i can do.
1) Sell my live rock to someone who knows it probably carries dino for a cheaper cost. tank the tank down clean everything, buy new sand and replace the live rock and live stock (i assume the snails will carry it on them or something and the clown)
2. Call a professional aquatics company that services all my LFS and have them take a look at the tank.
option one would be more expensive, but the dino would be gone for sure.
option 2 is a little sketchy, but i would be able to keep my rock that i like, and not have to change anything
what should i do? i feel like i have enough for both
Option 3, boil all your rocks, replace all your sand, and stick a couple known good pieces of live rock in the tank to re-seed it and wait a month or two before putting things back in it. That is the cheapest method. You could even use a bottle of SuperBac to boost the bacteria and get things going a little faster.
althought ive been really thinking about selling my big tank because of urges to get a panther chameleon (random i know right?) i have been thinking of chemistry in my tank.. everyone says so raise PH in the tank, which i never tried... but i realized i use ROWAphos!? doesnt that indirectly lower the PH of the water? if were to unhook the phosphate remover from the tank and then start dosing something like umm... maybe baking soda or something suggested by one of you, do you think this would greatly aid in fighting dino (for all i know the dino is gone, i havent had a light over that tank in 2 months) but the [arts that indirect light get into have a brown glaze over the sand..
does my theory of rowaphos actually hindering the removal of the dino sound correct?
does my theory of rowaphos actually hindering the removal of the dino sound correct?
